"What's got to be a joke sweetie?" Taylor asked.
"I just got an e-mail from Babsie -"
Zac started laughing. They looked at him.
"Oh, sorry. I thought that was the joke." He kidded.
"What's happening with Babsie?" Isaac asked.
"She started serious-dating."
"Yeah we know that already." Isaac pointed out. "She got freaked out after being raped and changed her mind about getting married."
"I know that." Rita replied. "It's just that's she's telling me that she's now dating one of her old friends from school, named Mitchel. They just met up again a week or so ago."
"Your point is?" Zac asked.
"Can you let her finish?" Taylor retorted.
"Sorry." Zac mumbled.
"The point it... he's an accountant."
Three jaws nearly hit the floor.
"Whoa, let me get this straight." Isaac said slowly after a brief silence. "Our Babsie, as in crazy person, as in your music-guru cousin, as in Babsie Walters: International Woman of Insanity, is dating an accountant?"
"You just can't get over the Austin Powers thing can you?" Zac commented.
"Umm, nope." Isaac answered, then he sighed and continued. "That's just wrong. Babsie dating an accountant, I mean."
"Yeah, maybe you and Babsie should get together." Taylor joked.
Isaac looked a little embarrassed.
"Ooh, what are you hiding Ike?" Zac asked gleefully. "You guys aren't dating behind everyone's backs are you?"
"Well, no, not exactly... see, ah, when she was in the hospital in LA, we kinda made a deal."
"Which is?" Taylor asked.
"Ahh, well." Isaac was looked really embarrassed. "We agreed that if neither of us were married when we were thirty we'd marry each other."
Rita laughed.
"That was Babsie's idea huh? A couple of friends of hers did that, and she thought it was such a cool idea."
Isaac nodded.
"Well, I suppose it's one way of doing it." Taylor commented. "One way of making sure you're not lonely for the rest of your life."
"I think it's funny actually." Zac returned with a grin. "But hey, why not?"